Lerner permission to leave the Soviet Union. We heard similar stories from all the refuseniks. There is a clear pattern in the Soviet Union that once a person applies for an exit visa that person may expect to lose their Job. have their homes searched. and experience constant harassment by the KGB. I would like to mention two specific cases that are of particular interest to me. First of all. I have adopted a Soviet Jewish family from the Ukraine to help them fulfill their dream of emigrating to Israel. Samuel und Manya Klinger have been trying for a number of years to emigrate to Israel. Samuel Klinger is an agronomist from Dnepropetrovsk in the Ukraine. He and his wife. a nurse by profession. have been repeatedly denied exit visas since The only reason given by Soviet authori. ties has been a lack of consent from Manyas parents. who have not seen their daughter in many years. Manya. a mother herself. recently celebrated her 50th birthday. We have asked the Soviet Government to grant this family permission to emigrate. but have received no response. There can be no doubt that by not allowing the Klingers to leave the Soviet Union. the Soviet Government is in clear violation of the Helsinki Final Act. the Universal Decla. ration of Human Rights. as well as their Soviet Constitution. Surely the emigration of the Klinger family would pose no threat to the security of the Soviet Union. and Instead would be a humanitarian gesture. Nonetheless. permis. sion to leave is continually denied. I am also extremely concerned about the plight of Victor Artsimovich. Mr. Artaimo. vich has applied for exit visas for him and his family. After these applications were submitted to the Soviet Government. Mr.
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